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= Urban Affairs Coalition = The Urban Affairs Coalition is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization that serves the Greater Philadelphia Region. The Urban Affairs Coalition - also known as “UAC” or the “Coalition” - is a coalition of 70+ partner organizations, large and small, working on diverse issues that immediately affect communities. The mission of the Urban Affairs Coalition is to unite government, business, neighborhoods, and individual initiative to improve the quality of life in the region, build wealth in urban communities and solve emerging issues. UAC strengthens nonprofit organizations through fiscal sponsorship, capacity building, and program evaluation; improves life chances for youth and young adults; and provides economic opportunity to low-income households, working families, and disadvantaged businesses. The Coalition shapes public policy and delivers programs that respond to urgent community needs.

History
The Urban Affairs Coalition was founded in 1969 in Philadelphia, PA in hopes to "eliminate poverty, discrimination, and civil unrest, and to secure human and civil rights." The Urban Affairs Coalition, previously known as the Philadelphia Urban Coalition joined businesses and community leaders in order to achieve their goal. As the non-profit continued to grow more organizations joined the cause. In 1980 The Urban Affairs Partnership was created in response to the growth to the Urban Affairs Coalition. In 1991, The Urban Affairs Partnership and the Philadelphia Urban Coalition merged to create the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition (GPUAC). Greater Philadelphia was removed from the name in 2010 in order to show that the Coalition’s work extends beyond Philadelphia and its five counties. Presently, The Urban Affairs Coalition is a 501c3 organization that strengthens non-profits, develops youth, helps to build wealth and creates strategic partnerships. The UAC utilizes funds from government contracts, individual contributions, corporate contracts and foundation grants. In 2018, UAC has managed $36M. From the revenue that is given, 91% is given back to UAC’s programs. Under the leadership of Sharmain Matlock-Turner, President and CEO, the UAC provides fiscal sponsorship to 75 organizations aiding 150,000 youth and adults in Greater Philadelphia and other counties. Through the fiscal sponsorship, The Coalition is able to give services such as grant management, human resources, receivables, budgeting, and much more.

Fiscal Sponsorship and Shared Services
The UAC’s model of fiscal sponsorship assumes the financial and legal responsibilities of its partner organizations’ financial health and well being. Through its Fiscal Sponsorship and Shared Service offerings, the UAC strengthens the nonprofit and governmental sectors; saves organizations time, money, and resources; and helps organizations grow through efficiencies and economies of scale. The Urban Affairs Coalition offers the following services through its fiscal sponsorship: audits, banking, budgeting, cash and checks, contracts, grants management, human resources, payables, payroll, purchasing, reporting, and receivables.

An organization can engage in the UAC’s fiscal sponsorship through one of four ways :


 * Comprehensive Services
 * Collaborative Services
 * Fee for Service
 * Consulting Services

Comprehensive Services
When an organization becomes a Comprehensive Services client, it is included under the UAC umbrella and is part of the Coalition’s 501(c)(3), allowing the organization to take advantage of all of the UAC's services. Under this category, the UAC is responsible for the financial reporting, programmatic reporting, insurance, auditing, and preparations of the organization’s 990 tax forms; the organization can also receive capacity building and fundraising support, as well as advance cash payments, allowing programs to have a stable and consistent cash flow environment.

Collaborative Services
When an organization becomes a Collaborative Services client, the UAC functions as a central manager/distributor of funding for that organization’s project. All funding is directed through the UAC for cash management, and the UAC is responsible for reporting and compliance.

Fee for Service
Organizations that choose the Fee For Service option maintain their 501(c)(3) status, and can select from a range of services to suit their needs, including fiscal management, payroll, and human resources management.

Consulting Services
UAC's Consulting Services are comprised of professional development services that address an organization’s strategic planning, fundraising, capacity building, organization, and program development needs. Under this option, the UAC will also assist businesses and nonprofits with economic opportunity plan development, implementation, and compliance monitoring. Performance management and evaluation services are also available.

Programs
The Urban Affairs Coalition leads several programs that impact the community.

Summer Youth Employment
One program that is well known and very beneficial to Philadelphia residents is the Summer Youth Employment Program, which is operated through WorkReady. This six-week program runs every year from July through mid-August and provides paid summer job opportunities to youth ages 14 - 18. The program also includes career exposure, on the job mentoring, and professional development. Work Ready is dedicated to improving the economic outcomes of the city’s youth by investing in high quality youth-workforce development strategies.

Thanksgiving Basket Program
Another notable UAC initiative is the annual Thanksgiving Basket Program. Each year, the Urban Affairs Coalition distributes Thanksgiving Baskets to 2,000 needy families, providing Thanksgiving dinners to feed over 12,000 individuals each year. The Coalition works with community groups, churches, and elected officials in all neighborhoods to identify those most in need and provide them with Thanksgiving Baskets. Each basket contains one turkey, which UAC fundraises for each year at a cost of $20; Brown’s Family ShopRite then matches that donation with all the fixings: mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, stuffing mix, fresh fruit, and an apple pie.

Board of Directors
The UAC has an engaged board of directors (listed below), composed of four board officers, 18 executive committee members, and 21 general board members.

Board Officers
Chair - James Mergiotti Vice Chairs - Rhonda H. Lauer and Grant Rawdin, Esq. Secretary - Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake Treasurer - Brian K. Edmonds

Board Members
Dennis M. Allen* Dr. Bernard E. Anderson Ronald A. Bradley* Paul Brauer David R. Bright* Mark Bullock Monica L. Burch Katherine L. Clupper* Tina D’Orazio-Gedgard Brian K. Edmonds* Patrick J. Eiding William H. Ewing Daniel K. Fitzpatrick* Donald “Guy” Generals* Carolyn L. Green* Joseph F. Kirk Sharon A. Jean-Baptiste Rhonda H. Lauer* Terri Lee-Taylor* Alan Lindy Kafi Lindsay Lorina Marshall-Blake* Sharmain Matlock-Turner* Joanne McFall* Joseph Meade James Mergiotti* Arun Prabhakaran* Grant Rawdin* Nilda Ruiz Rick Sauer Donn G. Scott Bernard W. Smalley William A. Smith* Marian B. Tasco Kareem E. Thomas Mark Kelly Tyler Jannet Walker-Ford William L. Wilson Cecilia Moy Yep* '*' denotes Executive Committee Members

Program Partners
The Coalition provides Fiscal Sponsorship and Shared Services to a network of 70+ partner organizations (listed below) and programs that offer services throughout the region, reaching more than 150,000 children, youth, and adults. The UAC and its program partners address the issues most important to families and communities: building wealth in urban communities, improving life chances for youth and young adults, and strengthening the nonprofit sector. They work in the areas of positive youth development, adult education and job training, health-related services, economic education, housing support, advocacy, and economic inclusion.

Program Partners

 * Achieving Reunification Center
 * AIDS Policy Project
 * Amerihealth Caritas
 * Partnership
 * Black Writers Museum
 * Broad Street Run
 * Capture Greatness
 * Center City Proprietors Association
 * Center for H.O.P.E.
 * Charitable Ticket Network
 * Chester Community Coalition
 * Collective Success Network
 * COLOURS
 * Community & Economic Development (CED)
 * Ebony Johnson Scholarship Fund
 * Economic Development Projects (EDP)
 * Entrepreneur Works
 * Entrepreneur Works Delaware Count
 * Environmental Metrics Unlimited
 * Explorers Sans Frontières
 * FathersLead 365
 * Forum for a Better PA
 * Frankford CDC
 * Galaei
 * Global Citizen/MLK365
 * Grand Central
 * Haitian Professionals of Philadelphia
 * Haitian Relief Fund
 * Hire!Philly
 * Inner Strength Foundation
 * Institute for Southeast Asian Archaeology
 * Kind Institute
 * LifeWork Photo Inc
 * Mom Your Business
 * Neighborhoods United Against Drugs (NUAD)
 * One Day At A Time (ODAAT)
 * One's Up
 * Parents United for Public Education
 * Parkside Association of Philadelphia
 * Philadelphia African American Leadership Forum
 * Philadelphia Anti-Drug/Anti-Violence Network (PAAN)
 * Philadelphia Ballhawks
 * Philadelphia Community Outreach
 * Philadelphia Science Action
 * Philly Youth Poetry Movement
 * PHLpreK
 * PowerShift
 * Prep-Set-Go
 * Preventing HIV Project
 * Raise of Hope
 * Ready, Willing & Able Philadelphia
 * SELF
 * Stars Within Reach
 * Summer WorkReady Youth Employment Programs
 * Teenshop
 * Thanksgiving Basket Program
 * The Equity Project
 * The ITEM
 * The Revolution Project
 * The Trudy Haynes Foundation
 * TransHelp
 * uLIFTu
 * UMANA
 * VietLEAD
 * Warmth In Winter
 * West Philly Tool Lending Library
 * World Communications Education Foundation
 * X-Offenders for Community Empowerment
 * You Matter Marathon
 * Youth Outreach Adolescent Community Awareness Program (YOACAP)

Awards

 * 4-star on Charity Navigator (2018)
 * Silver Seal of Transparency on Guidestar (2018)
 * Founding member of National Network of Fiscal Sponsors